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ANDREW JOSEPH GORMAN
Kingston upon Hull HU2
England
BORN HULL 07/11/1894. SON OF THOMAS & MARGARET GORMAN, OF 57, WEST STREET & 95, SPRING STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A LABOURER. HIS BROTHER, PTE. FRANK GORMAN, ASC ALSO SERVED AT THIS ADDRESS. ANDREW WAS EDUCATED AT ST CHARLES RC SCHOOL, HULL. HE WAS A FORMER TRAM CONDUCTOR ON THE SPRING BANK ROUTE. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 29/04/1914. SERVED IN THE 1ST COLSTREAM GUARDS. PROMOTED LANCE CORPORAL, ON 24/09/1914. WENT TO FRANCE ON 07/10/1914. KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, BY A SHELL, ON 02/11/1914, AGED 19. COMMEMORATED ON THE YPRES, MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, BELGIUM.
HE WAS UNMARRIED. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON 3RD FEBRUARY 1916. *
HIS DETAILS ARE RECORDED IN THE DE RUVIGNY ROLL OF HONOUR, VOLUME 2.
Ieper 8900
Vlaanderen
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